Alponia Kuma

Status: Paying Back

$200
Loan Request
Pre-Disbursed : Oct 27, 2009
Listed: Nov 4, 2009
Funded: Nov 5, 2009
17% repaid

About the Country

Country:South Sudan
Avg Annual Income:$600
Currency:Sudan Pounds (SDG)
Exchange Rate:2.2688 SDG = 1 USD


About the Loan

Location: Hai-gabat,juba,southern, South Sudan   Repayment Term: 14 months
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Activity: Pub   Repayment Schedule: Monthly
Loan Use: To purchase more crates of beer to sell   Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
      Default Protection: Covered
Alponia Kuma is currently in the business of selling beer and soda at her bar and is requesting a loan to purchase more crates of beer to sell.

Alponia is 35 years old and is married to a fisherman. She has two children and her children go to school. With the extra profits from her loan, she hopes to be able to pay school fees for her children.


About BRAC
BRAC's holistic approach to poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor encompasses a range of core programs in economic and social development, health, education, human rights and legal services, which are delivered through an extensive network of village organizations. BRAC has become one of the world's largest NGOs as measured by the scale and diversity of its interventions.

In 2007, BRAC started operations in Southern Sudan. The microfinance program, which is targeted towards returning war refugees, has already formed 418 village organizations with more than 14,000 women members.


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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Alponia Kuma
Location: Hai-gabat,juba,southern, South Sudan

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Alponia Kuma by BRAC South Sudan in South Sudan. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 11 months of this loan, BRAC South Sudan will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Hai-gabat,juba,southern, South Sudan
Nov 6, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Alponia Kuma

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
January 2010 $15.38 $15.38 Repayment Received
February 2010 $19.23 $19.23 Repayment Received
March 2010 $15.38 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $15.38 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $19.22 Available May 1  
June 2010 $15.38 Available Jun 1  
July 2010 $15.38 Available Jul 1  
August 2010 $19.23 Available Aug 1  
September 2010 $15.38 Available Sep 1  
October 2010 $19.22 Available Oct 1  
November 2010 $15.38 Available Nov 1  
December 2010 $15.44 Available Dec 1